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Anglo-Saxon

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The people of England before the Norman times. The Anglo Saxons ruled England until 1066

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Benefit of the clergy

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A rule that said that the clergy (priests) would not be put on trial in the ordinary courts, but in church courts instead, which were often more leniant.

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Capital punishment

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The death penalty, or execution

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Century

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A period of 100 years

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Chronology

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Time or time order, arranging things in the order they happened.

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Clergy

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A name for priests

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Corporal punishment

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Physcial types of punishment, eg whipping

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Crimes against authority

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A crime involving going against the king or the nobles or other forms of authority

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Crimes against property

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A crime involving someone’s property, eg stealing an object or burning down a house

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Crimes against the person

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A crime involving violence against someone, eg assault or murder

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Deterrent

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Something that makes you not want to do something, eg not want to commit a crime

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Forest laws

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Laws introduced by the Normans to reserve large areas for the king to go hunting; ordinary people could not collect wood or hunt animals in the forest

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Heresy

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A religious crime, where you do not believe in the official form or religion

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Hue and cry

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The system were the inhabitants of a village in the Middle Ages would call out for help to catch a criminal

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Hanged, drawn and quartered

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A rare punishment usually given to a traitor, where they were sentenced to death by hanging, then cut down alive and cut into pieces.

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Law enforcement

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Making sure the law is followed, by using police and

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Maiming

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A type of corporal punishment. Causing physical harm. A criminal could be punished by having a hand or ear cur off of their tongue cut out.

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Murdrum

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A new law introduced by the Normans. If a Norman was murdered by an Anglo-Saxon, and the murderer was not captured and executed, there was a special penalty known as the murdrum fine.

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Norman

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Someone from Normandy, the Normans ruled England from 1066

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Oath

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A formal declaration of the facts, calling upon God to witness what is said is true. A typical oath could start I swear before God

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Petty crime

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Smaller, less important or less serious types of crime, like stealing a very small amount

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Pillory

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A form of public punishment where a criminal would put their head and hands through a wooden frame. Usually used for minor crimes like public disorder.

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Sanctuary

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Going to a church and claiming sanctuary meant that you could not be arrested for 40 days

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Stocks

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A form of public punishment where a criminal would have their ankles trapped in a wooden frame. Usually used for minor crimes like public disorder.

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Sheriff

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The person responsible for law and order in a county or shire

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Tithings

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A group of 10 men above the age of 12 who were responsible for policing themselves in the Medieval Period

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Treason

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The crime of going against the king, or betraying your country; seen in the Medieval era as the worst type of crime

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Trial by combat

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A trial where guilt is determined by who wins a fight, such as a sword fight

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Trial by ordeal

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A trial where guilt is determined by going through an ordeal, eg holding a hot iron - if it started to heal after a week, you were not guilty. If it didn’t, you were guilty

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Wergild

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Literally Man Price. This was a fine paid to compensate someone (or their family) for causing injury or death. After 1066, this money was paid to the Norman King, not the victim or their family.

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Serf

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The lowest-status of peasant